Awareness of social engineering among IIUM students

Although most organizations around the world currently pay more attention to securing information systems by means of sophisticated security tools, their information systems still remain breachable. The interpretation of this reality is that the hackers resort to the use of social engineering instea...

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Main Authors:	Adam, Mutasim Elsadig, Yousif, Omer, Amodi, Yusra, Ibrahim, Jamaludin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	WCSIT 2011
Subjects:	TA166 Human engineering
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/38043/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/38043/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/38043/1/Awareness_of_Social_Engineering_Among_IIUM_Students.pdf

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spelling	iium-380432014-09-05T05:34:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38043/ Awareness of social engineering among IIUM students Adam, Mutasim Elsadig Yousif, Omer Amodi, Yusra Ibrahim, Jamaludin TA166 Human engineering Although most organizations around the world currently pay more attention to securing information systems by means of sophisticated security tools, their information systems still remain breachable. The interpretation of this reality is that the hackers resort to the use of social engineering instead of using their technical skills to acquire information. The concept of social engineering is essentially to manipulate the users of a system, that are considered to be the weakest links on the chain, in order to get said information. The objective of this study is to prove that users of information systems are considered to be the real threat themselves. In this study, we assume that the lack of awareness of social engineering among users makes information systems susceptible to numerous kinds of breaches. In addition to that, the study aims to examine whether IT students possess more awareness of social engineering than students from other faculties. To address these problems, the data was collected from 245 students of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), via an online survey and questionnaire. Moreover, a phishing phone experiment conducted among a small number of students. The exhibited results showing that a total of 114 students were exposed to social engineering attacks during the last six months, and almost 38% of these attacks through E-mail. WCSIT 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38043/1/Awareness_of_Social_Engineering_Among_IIUM_Students.pdf Adam, Mutasim Elsadig and Yousif, Omer and Amodi, Yusra and Ibrahim, Jamaludin (2011) Awareness of social engineering among IIUM students. World of Computer Science and Information Technology Journal (WCSIT), 1 (9). pp. 409-413. ISSN 2221-0741 http://www.academia.edu/3059550/Awareness_of_Social_Engineering_Among_IIUM_Student
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spellingShingle	TA166 Human engineering Adam, Mutasim Elsadig Yousif, Omer Amodi, Yusra Ibrahim, Jamaludin Awareness of social engineering among IIUM students
description	Although most organizations around the world currently pay more attention to securing information systems by means of sophisticated security tools, their information systems still remain breachable. The interpretation of this reality is that the hackers resort to the use of social engineering instead of using their technical skills to acquire information. The concept of social engineering is essentially to manipulate the users of a system, that are considered to be the weakest links on the chain, in order to get said information. The objective of this study is to prove that users of information systems are considered to be the real threat themselves. In this study, we assume that the lack of awareness of social engineering among users makes information systems susceptible to numerous kinds of breaches. In addition to that, the study aims to examine whether IT students possess more awareness of social engineering than students from other faculties. To address these problems, the data was collected from 245 students of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), via an online survey and questionnaire. Moreover, a phishing phone experiment conducted among a small number of students. The exhibited results showing that a total of 114 students were exposed to social engineering attacks during the last six months, and almost 38% of these attacks through E-mail.
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author	Adam, Mutasim Elsadig Yousif, Omer Amodi, Yusra Ibrahim, Jamaludin
author_facet	Adam, Mutasim Elsadig Yousif, Omer Amodi, Yusra Ibrahim, Jamaludin
author_sort	Adam, Mutasim Elsadig
title	Awareness of social engineering among IIUM students
title_short	Awareness of social engineering among IIUM students
title_full	Awareness of social engineering among IIUM students
title_fullStr	Awareness of social engineering among IIUM students
title_full_unstemmed	Awareness of social engineering among IIUM students
title_sort	awareness of social engineering among iium students
publisher	WCSIT
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/38043/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/38043/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/38043/1/Awareness_of_Social_Engineering_Among_IIUM_Students.pdf
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Awareness of social engineering among IIUM students

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